jcrawf02 (12/12/2008)

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Lynn Pettis (12/12/2008)

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So, having noticed items 2 through 4, where do you fall?? Also, I may be an old fart, but I can keep up with high school...

Thanks, and understood. I think this will be fine for our purposes, and we're mostly on 2000 at the moment, so hashbytes() won't help me until we upgrade.

Thanks again,

Jon

Lynn Pettis (12/12/2008)

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So, having noticed items 2 through 4, where do you fall?? Also, I may be an old fart, but I can keep up with high school students...

lol y'all are nuts. I haven't checked in on this thread for a while, last time it was actually related (more or less) to the title, now I come back...

Great timing Chris, I was just looking for something that would allow me to generate random numbers.

Jeff, based on your code for random test data, I had been playing with...

Jeff Moden (12/3/2008)

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jcraddock (12/3/2008)

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I've had better luck writing code that writes my SQL. I wrote a set of code that you point at any table, it accepts any column...

Don't know if you really wanted to get this involved, but check Phil Factor and Robyn Page's article out:

http://www.simple-talk.com/sql/t-sql-programming/sql-server-matrix-workbench/

Carla Wilson (12/11/2008)

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Matthew Joughin (12/11/2008)

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I use a free service called rescue time to monitor how much work I'm actually doing

http://www.rescuetime.com

it is really awesome, and helps me make sure that i'm...

Steve - glad to see somebody mention BFL, I loved it myself, but then I got remarried, lazy, and now I need to go again. Best I've ever felt, and...

Chris Morris (12/9/2008)

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Thanks Seth made me larf that did! Now, about the...

I agree, that shows real committment to his work!

:hehe:

Depends...

To add a comment that is to Lynn's point of "Use the solution that fits your situation"; I happen to be looking for the age in months in order to...

Charles Kincaid (12/1/2008)

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Jeff Moden (11/29/2008)

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Some folks store unknown or "open" dates as 99991231 so they don't have to check for null to see if an enddate has occurred in the...

The great thing about SSC is that even if you know you're not one of the experts, but think you can help, you can post what you know, and without...